Capsule-type medical device and medical system
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1. A capsule-type medical device which is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of human being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment, comprising:
- a plurality of hard units; and
a soft linking unit which links said plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than any diameter of said hard units, wherein one of said plurality of hard units is different in size from other hard units.
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Abstract
The capsule-type medical device in accordance with the present invention is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of humans being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment. The capsule-type medical device comprises a plurality of hard units and a soft linking unit which links the plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than that of any of the hard units, wherein one of the plurality of hard units is different in size from other hard units.
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1. A capsule-type medical device which is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of human being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment, comprising:
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a plurality of hard units; and
a soft linking unit which links said plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than any diameter of said hard units, wherein one of said plurality of hard units is different in size from other hard units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A capsule-type medical device which is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of human being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment, comprising:
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a plurality of hard units each provided with an illumination device and observation device with mutually different observation directions, and a soft linking unit which links said plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than that of any of said hard units. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A medical system comprising:
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a capsule-type medical device which is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of human being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment and comprises a plurality of hard units each provided with an illumination device and an observation device with mutually different observation directions, a soft linking unit which links said plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than that of any of said hard units, and a wireless transmission unit;
a receiving device for receiving signals from said wireless transmission unit;
a recording unit for recording the observed images obtained via said receiving device;
a disease image database storing data of past endoscopic disease images;
a retrieving unit for comparing and retrieving said observed images and said past disease images; and
a recording and display unit for recording or displaying the analogous disease images of the observed images extracted by said retrieving unit.
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- 31. A method for examination, therapy, or treatment inside somatic cavities and lumens by using a capsule-type medical device comprising a soft linking unit which links a plurality of hard units and has a diameter less than that of any of said hard units.
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